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Cardinals sign pitcher, second baseman
BY R.B. FALLSTROM ASSOCIATED PRESS
ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday made their first free-agent moves since winning the World Series, signing right-handed pitcher Kip Wells and second baseman Adam Kennedy.
The Cardinals also re-signed backup catcher Gary Bennett to a one-year, $900,000 deal with an option for 2008 and signed Eli Marrero, once their starting catcher, to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training.
Wells, 29, could fill one of three vacancies in the rotation. World Series heroes Jeff Suppan, Jeff Weaver,
along with Jason Marquis, all are free agents.
Wells was a combined 1-6 with the Pirates and Rangers in an injury-plagued 2006, going to Texas on the trade deadline for prospects. He finished the year on the 15-day disabled list with a foot injury.
For his career, Wells is 57-74 with a 4.46 ERA.
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Newly signed St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Kip Wells, left, talks to the media about being with the World Series baseball champions, as fellow signee Adam Kennedy listens on Tuesday in St. Louis. Wells was signed to a one-year contract while Kennedy signed to a three-year deal.
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Bennett hit .233 with four homers last season as the backup to Yadier Molina. Marrero, 33, began his career with the Cardinals in 1997. He hit just .217 in 30 games with Colorado last season, and has a lifetime average of .243, but can play several positions.
Earlier in the offseason, the Cardinals re-signed Edmonds and utilityman Scott Spiezio to two-year contracts.
Kennedy, 30, hit .273 with 55 RBIs and 16 stolen bases last season for the Angels. He has a career batting average of .280 with 52 homers and 123 stolen bases.
Kennedy, who was a first-round pick by the Cardinals in 1997, was part of a trade with the Angles that sent Jim Edmonds to St. Louis in 2000. He was once considered the Cardinals' second baseman of the future. He replaces Ronnie Belliard, a trade deadline acquisition from the Indians last year, who is a free agent.
Wells led major league pitchers with 18 losses in 2005 and missed the first half of the season following surgery, performed in St. Louis, to repair a blocked artery near his right shoulder.
"It would be two in five then. I'd make it two in five," La Russa said. "I can't answer for anybody else, what priorities they give and how they weigh stuff. I know what my personal opinion is, and that's the way it stavs."
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McGwire, a 12-time All-Star, is seventh on the career home run list with 583, but his status plummeted
McGwire's business manager, Jim Milner, did not return telephone calls Monday and Tuesday seeking comment.
"I've watched him for years and years and years work out and take care of himself, and if any of us do that, we get bigger and stronger," La Russa said.
St. Louis beat the Detroit Tigers in five games last month for its first World Series title since 1982. For La Russa, this offseason is a time to savor.
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McGwire is appearing on the Hall of Fame ballot for the first time, and an AP survey of 125 baseball writers who are eligible to vote — about 20 percent of the total — showed 'that only one in four who gave an opinion planned to vote for McGwire.
NEW YORK — Tony La Russa will defend Mark McGwire until the end: To him, Big Mac is a Hall of Famer.
in the minds of many after former Oakland teammate Jose Canseco accused him last year of using steroids. McGwire evaded questions during a March 2005 congressional hearing, saying repeatedly: "I'm not here to talk about the past."
La Russa managed McGwire from 1986-95 with the Oakland Athletics, then from 1997-2001 with the Cardinals. La Russa repeatedly has said that he never saw McGwire use any performance-enhancing drugs.
"I've believed in him from day one. I still believe in him," the St. Louis Cardinals manager said Tuesday in a telephone interview with The Associated Press.
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